Previews

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Chronicles of Elyria outlines the basic gameplay beats of the colony sim Kingdoms of Elyria

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Soulbound Studios CEO Jeromy Walsh would like you to ignore the elephant in the room and instead take a look at the overall gameplay...

Dauntless outlines plans to make Trials ‘more accessible, more fair, more fun’ in the next two patches

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For a while now, the developers of Dauntless have been promising that Trials mode would be getting some attention, and it looks like the...

Among Us will launch The Airship patch at the end of March

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Don't tell my kids, but Among Us is getting a juicy free update this month. It's called The Airship, and studio Innersloth says it...

PlanetSide 2 announces delays for PTS testing and release for Chapter 3

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For those players of PlanetSide 2 who are eager for Chapter 3's release, there's some bad news. The game's lead designer has reported that...
SIR

Final Fantasy XIV schedules its next producer letter for April 2

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Final Fantasy XIV fans do not have some of the usual mysteries to answer about patch 5.5 at this point. It's a well-known fact...

Star Citizen plans additional Theaters of War testing, discusses FPS tools and asteroids in video

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Back in May we highlighted a Reddit thread that linked up some business connections between CIG and Liverpool, UK, game studio Firesprite, and further...
Fun fact, you can say this to the same cadence as the old 'Sega' callout from the Genesis era startup screens.

Starbase discusses the creation of new tools and new devices in latest updates

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We're back with another peek into the ongoing development of Starbase, the building-focused space sandbox being crafted by Finnish studio Frozenbyte. First up, the...

Multiplayer survival shooter Scavengers touts the features of SpatialOS and how the tech changes gameplay

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Stop me if you've heard this before: Improbable's SpatialOS is going to be leveraged by the developers of Scavengers in a way that other...
Word.

Star Wars The Old Republic announces The Dark Descent update with new flashpoint and ‘galactic seasons’

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Remember when Star Wars The Old Republic's last update fell a little flat and we said we hoped that the promised influx of updates...
Leg ends

Magic Legends outlines the regional reputations system and previews each area’s rewards

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Yes, Magic Legends will have a rep grind according to the game's latest preview post. Specifically, the multiplayer ARPG's reputation system won't be with...
Ahem.

EVE Online’s upcoming March 23 patch adjusts Jump Clone installation, Burst Jammers, and wormholes

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If we're judging by the contents and the literal title of EVE Online's next update, there's some quality-of-life improvements coming to the internet spaceship...
You know what Aymeric and Raubahn look like. Fill them in mentally.

Final Fantasy XIV posts the first iteration of the special site for patch 5.5, Death Unto Dawn

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The next major patch for Final Fantasy XIV arrives in just under a month, and that means it's high time for players to scope out...
Imagine.

Hands-on with Magic Legends: A solid action game that could be even more

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So, real talk: I am kind of an easy mark for Magic Legends. The initial conception of it, at least. I was very excited...

Star Citizen’s devs answer questions about customization, aliens, and animated cloth

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Members of CIG's character tech teams took to the Star Citizen forums to host an AMA about all things character-related, and while much of...
TIme's spent.

Wakfu’s 1.71 update is live with the Xelor class revamp and more

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Any kind of time-based class in an MMO can be complicated to get working just right, and it appears that Wakfu's Xelor class has...
Cash rules everything around me.

A modder earns $10,000 for finding a loading issue in Grand Theft Auto Online

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Normally modding video games, even ones that are all about earning fat stacks, will not produce fat stacks in real life. But a modder...
Aw, hell.

Albion Online details the changes coming to Hellgates with its patch tomorrow

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Jumping into a demonic hellscape can be a fun time if you're playing Albion Online, or at least a rewarding one. It'll be even more...

Animal Crossing New Horizons unveils more design space, an Island Tour Creator, and the return of Bunny Day

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There's a whole lot of new features coming to your Animal Crossing: New Horizons island in the next few days according to a sizeable...

TERA Console teaser trailer showcases the arrival of the training ground in its next update

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TERA Console players are soon going to get the opportunity to parse their DPS and tune their favorite class if a teaser trailer showcased...

Sea of Thieves talks up its third anniversary, new comic, and Vault raiding event in a video

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It's time once more for the buccaneers of Sea of Thieves to get their news in video form. That's right, it's time for another...

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